Rice bifunctional phytocystatin is a dual modulator of legumain and papain-like proteases

Potential use of phytocystatins in crop improvement, with a particular focus on legumes

(2015) Karl J. Kunert et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The Phyre2 web portal for protein modeling, prediction and analysis

(2015) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

Vacuolar processing enzyme in plant programmed cell death

(2015) Noriyuki Hatsugai et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

C1A cysteine protease–cystatin interactions in leaf senescence

(2014) Mercedes Díaz-Mendoza et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

The diversity of rice phytocystatins

(2014) Ana Paula Christoff et al.   MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS

Involvement of papain and legumain proteinase in the senescence process ofMedicago truncatulanodules

(2014) Olivier Pierre et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ectopic phytocystatin expression leads to enhanced drought stress tolerance in soybean (Glycine max) andArabidopsis thalianathrough effects on strigolactone pathways and can also result in improved seed traits

(2014) Marian D. Quain et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

A novel Glycine soja cysteine proteinase inhibitor GsCPI14, interacting with the calcium/calmodulin-binding receptor-like kinase GsCBRLK, regulated plant tolerance to alkali stress

(2014) Xiaoli Sun et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Functional characterization of the N-terminal and C-terminal domains of a sesame group II phytocystatin

(2014) Mei-Ling Cheng et al.   Botanical Studies

Differences in Growth and Physiology of Rice in Response to Different Saline-Alkaline Stress Factors

(2013) Bing-Sheng Lv et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0

(2013) Koichiro Tamura et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Uncovering legumain genes in rice

(2013) Ana Paula Christoff et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

Coffee cysteine proteinases and related inhibitors with high expression during grain maturation and germination

(2012) Maud Lepelley et al.   BMC PLANT BIOLOGY

Plant proteases - from detection to function

(2012) Edouard Pesquet   PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM

The Mutualistic Fungus Piriformospora indica Colonizes Arabidopsis Roots by Inducing an Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Triggered Caspase-Dependent Cell Death

(2012) X. Qiang et al.   PLANT CELL

Phytozome: a comparative platform for green plant genomics

(2011) David M. Goodstein et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Differential in vitro and in vivo effect of barley cysteine and serine protease inhibitors on phytopathogenic microorganisms

(2011) Laura Carrillo et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Crystal structure of tarocystatin–papain complex: implications for the inhibition property of group-2 phytocystatins

(2011) Ming-Hung Chu et al.   PLANTA

Plant cystatins

(2010) Meriem Benchabane et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Expression of a barley cystatin gene in maize enhances resistance against phytophagous mites by altering their cysteine-proteases

(2010) Laura Carrillo et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Distinct expression patterns of two Arabidopsis phytocystatin genes, AtCYS1 and AtCYS2, during development and abiotic stresses

(2010) Jung Eun Hwang et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Theobroma cacao cystatins impair Moniliophthora perniciosa mycelial growth and are involved in postponing cell death symptoms

(2010) Carlos Priminho Pirovani et al.   PLANTA

In silico Analysis of Sequential, Structural and Functional Diversity of Wheat Cystatins and Its Implication in Plant Defense

(2010) Shriparna Dutt et al.   GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS

The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments

(2009) S. A. Bustin et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Expression of a Chinese cabbage cysteine proteinase inhibitor, BrCYS1, retards seed germination and plant growth in transgenic Tobacco plant

(2009) Joon Ki Hong et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT BIOLOGY

Amplification efficiency: linking baseline and bias in the analysis of quantitative PCR data

(2009) J. M. Ruijter et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Genetically pyramiding protease-inhibitor genes for dual broad-spectrum resistance against insect and phytopathogens in transgenic tobacco

(2009) Rajendran Senthilkumar et al.   PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY JOURNAL

Regulation of seed germination and seedling growth by an Arabidopsis phytocystatin isoform, AtCYS6

(2009) Jung Eun Hwang et al.   PLANT CELL REPORTS

Characterization of the Entire Cystatin Gene Family in Barley and Their Target Cathepsin L-Like Cysteine-Proteases, Partners in the Hordein Mobilization during Seed Germination

(2009) M. Martinez et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Plant Proteases: From Phenotypes to Molecular Mechanisms

(2008) Renier A. L. van der Hoorn   Annual Review of Plant Biology

PlantPAN: Plant promoter analysis navigator, for identifying combinatorial cis-regulatory elements with distance constraint in plant gene groups

(2008) Wen-Chi Chang et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Characterization of inhibitory mechanism and antifungal activity between group-1 and group-2 phytocystatins from taro (Colocasia esculenta)

(2008) Ke-Ming Wang et al.   FEBS Journal

Molecular cloning and characterization of novel cystatin gene in leaves Cakile maritima halophyte

(2008) Wided Megdiche et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Molecular evolution and diversification of plant cysteine proteinase inhibitors: New insights after the poplar genome

(2008) Marcia Margis-Pinheiro et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Two cysteine proteinase inhibitors from Arabidopsis thaliana, AtCYSa and AtCYSb, increasing the salt, drought, oxidation and cold tolerance

(2008) Xinxin Zhang et al.   PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY